What We Do

The Spring Orange Door Project Campaign

Thank you to our customers and associates for their amazing efforts in support of The Orange Door Project Campaign!

Because of you, we raised over $1.3M for 125 youth focused charities across the country. Funds will be used to enable youth at risk of or facing homeless achieve positive development outcomes and realize their full potential.

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The Home Depot Canada Foundation TradeWorx.

More Than Just a Hat

Net proceeds of each hat sold will support The Home Depot Canada Foundation's TradeWorx initiative. TradeWorx helps provide youth with the education and skills they need to get a job in the trades.

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The Spring Orange Door Project Campaign

June 4 – July 7

1 in 5 people experiencing homelessness in Canada are youth. That’s why our stores are raising funds to support over 120 local organizations that are committed to preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada through The Orange Door Project.

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Our Initiatives

Through our initiatives we are helping at risk and homeless youth realize their full potential and build a brighter future.

Strategic Priorities

Quality Wrap Around Community Supports

The Home Depot Canada Foundation invests in holistic initiatives that not only will identify youth at-risk of experiencing homelessness, but also build organizations’ capacity for early intervention to prevent youth from re-experiencing homelessness. This can extend to school-based interventions and natural and family support.

Expanding Stable Housing

The Home Depot Canada Foundation supports both capital and operational costs for free or affordable housing spaces available nationally for youth. This includes investments in renovation projects that provide safe and secure housing to enhance their well-being and increases awareness for youth in need of the services available to them.

Increasing Youth Employment Readiness

The Home Depot Canada Foundation provides funding to organizations that are supporting education and employment opportunities for youth at-risk of or experiencing homelessness. Funding equips our partners to ensure youth have access to secure careers, including but not specific to those in the trades.

TradeWorx

Youth who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness face barriers to securing employment, which results in a lack of stable income to attain and maintain affordable housing.

The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s TradeWorx is an investment in organizations across Canada, empowering 500 youths with the skills and certifications needed to help them secure a living wage and attain permanent housing.

TradeWorx’s funding commitment will help provide education and employment opportunities to young people overcoming homelessness. We’ll help empower and support them with the tools, training and social support needed to find a stable, well-paying career so they can begin to find a home of their own.

Strategic Partnerships

The Foundation partners with Canadian organizations to support their renovation projects and programs that prevent and put an end to youth homelessness. In 2023, we granted $3.8 Million to support our 18 Strategic Partners.

Giving back to our communities is a value that The Home Depot is founded on, and one that’s important to all of our associates, as it allows them to establish strong, local relationships with our communities.

Team Depot is The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force. Our associates donate their time and talents to improving the wellbeing of local communities in the areas that we operate, partnering with the organizations The Home Depot works with, to contribute to preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada.

Grant Programs

The Youth Opportunity Grants will consider applications from Canadian registered charities dedicated to preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada through housing, prevention and employment programs. Including housing transformation, healthy pathways (prevention), and youth innovation, which include youth-led initiatives and education programs. Maximum Grant is up to $75,000.00.

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